Fallen Austrian tycoon Benko charged with fraud

Austrian tycoon Rene Benko has been charged with fraud arsenic portion of a wide-ranging probe into the insolvency of his existent property empire, prosecutors said Tuesday. Benko, erstwhile 1 of Austria's richest men, founded the Signa existent property empire successful 2000, but the debt-laden radical crumbled successful 2023 successful the largest insolvency proceedings successful the country's history.